This all comes down to optimization. You can focus the turbine design on steady state cruising power and downsize the engine considerably. You can taxi and climb on electric assist power. You can even replenish your battery on descent using regen instead of relying on the flaps.

Math is hard.

19.2kW? Really? Chevy, your new truck charges at 250kW.

Nice reporting. The TEST FLIGHT was 8 minutes not the battery range. Maybe get that right before publishing it?

Whatever, it’s funny if you were a game of thrones fan. Recognize the joke instead of getting all bent up out of shape over it.

While that asshole was obviously going 2x + the speed limit, this is the perfect formula 1 style failure. Engine mass detaches from the car, drivers walks away. That is impressive as hell.

Seriously? User programmable I/O for aftermarket toys. What’s GM trying to do, sell me a vehicle that I actually want?

Ever driven a EV with a manual transmission? The shop I used to work for tinkered with some DIY EV stuff. And I can confirm that shifting a electric motor is the most entirely unsatisfying thing you will ever do. We shift a gas motor to get it into a power sweet spot. But a well designed electric motor has basically…

It won’t be long until everyone is disconnecting the data connection in these cars and hacking them. As a bonus, the car company no longer has the ability to sell your location data to advertisers and whoever else is willing to pay for it.

The fact that a boring and economical to drive grocery getter can eat a lambo stoplight to stoplight is nothing short of stunning. Even the most die hard diesel huffing rednecks are having a hard time arguing with the insane performance of a modern EV.

Have you seen all the repeater hacks to ping your keyless fob from 100' away inside your house so punks can drive off with your vehicle? It’s a $35 box from china. I’ll take that physical ignition key thank you very much.

I see a truck hauling a dirt bike. Who cares if the tailgate is down? Like seriously, is this a problem? I’d rather have the ability to use smaller parking spots in the city. All these fools buying giant truck beds so they can haul something tailgate down 8x per year are burning 25% more fuel for the privilege, and…

Electric trucks have been allowed an extra 2000lbs of GVW. So even at 4000lbs less cargo an electric truck will demolish a diesel truck with the most important number of all. Cost of operation/lbs of cargo delivered. When you are saving $300-$500 per tank of fuel, who cares if you can only deliver 95% of the cargo…

Pressurized H2 is insane in vehicles. 10,000 psi and the smallest molecule leaks easily. A crack 1/4 as wide as a human hair becomes a 4' light sabre that you can’t see in daylight. For consumers it’s idiotic and a liability nightmare.

I hate to break it to you, but H2 tech evolved. The overhaul interval for fuel cells was abysmal in the era of those fuel cell buses (over 13 years ago). It’s now 30,000 hours. On par with the best turbine engines. Piston plane engines have a TBO of 2000 hours if you are lucky.

Poor youtuber idiots, failing to understand the laws of physics. A 9000lb SUV is not a hoonmobile. It will never be a good off road machine. It will get you down rough gravel roads all day long, but forget anything else.

Read Tesla’s history for losing money in the first few years. This isn’t news, it’s a normal spending arc for spending hundreds of millions on a startup. It takes years to recover and it is expected.

GM will mop the floor with Tesla with the new electric silverado. Because you can work on it and because it will support aftermarket parts. GM knows it’s customer and won’t lock it down. Same goes for the next generation electric F-150. Once they get their head out of their ass and build a dedicated electric platform…

Not at all. Battery drain is higher on the highway because air resistance is higher. Electric motors LOVE rpm and are just as efficient at high RPM. A modern EV motor simply makes flat torque from 0 to 18,000 RPM and sucks no more power at high RPM.

This Volvo is likely a Geele under the sheet metal.